Episode 66. Two hearts
All the people involved in this incident gathered at the Baticarezero barracks.
Dozens of guards, Archbishop Judah, Cynthia, and I gathered together to find out the whereabouts of Joanna Arc.
“Then are these the only ones who entered the dungeon?”
The platoon leader in charge of guarding the dungeon answered, looking into the distance as if he was still displeased with my behavior.
“yes.”
Well, he probably can’t look favorably on me for doubting his subordinates.
Archbishop Judas asked cautiously.
“Do you think the criminal who took Joanna Arc is inside here?”
I shook my head, knowing of course that there was no truth.
“No, no one here has the energy I felt in the dungeon.”
“then… .”
“However, we found traces of the intruder, so if you follow that path, you will find Joanna Arc.”
“?!”
Traces of an intruder.
This is a special energy that only those who know of Judas’ existence, who has not told anyone since he arrived in the dungeon, can know.
“Shining Road.”
“Shining Road?”
Shining Lord is a very faint energy that naturally flows from the bodies of those who use Aura.
“Yes, if there is someone in the Holy Knights who knows how to use Aurors. “Try to follow the Auror footsteps leading outward from the place where Joanna Arc disappeared.”
Of course, unless someone tells you the starting point, you will never be able to find Judah’s Shining Road with the skills of the guards here.
Among the people who visited the dungeon, there were more than one or two people who used Aurors, and the footprints of those who had passed by so far must have been at least tens, hundreds, or thousands of people.
So I handed the guard captain a piece of paper and continued talking.
“The Intruder’s Shining Road ends at the entrance to the prison that held Joanna Arc.”
The guard captain sighed as he looked at the footprints drawn on the paper.
“It ends at the entrance?”
“Yes, there are footprints that went in. “There were no footprints.”
“Huh?”
“That is why I requested to meet in person the men who guarded the dungeon.”
“… … .”
“To check if there are any intruders here based on the steps and footprints of everyone who came up to the prison where Joanna Arc was imprisoned.”
“?!”
“This is why I haven’t mentioned Shining Road until now. “If the criminal is in here, he will try to hide his steps.”
Of course it’s a lie.
We already know who the culprit is, and we know that he is not here.
“Well, that’s what it was!”
The platoon leader, who did not know this fact, was impressed.
If everything I said was correct, all my previous actions were reasonable. The things I felt were rude were also unavoidable.
He brightened his stern expression and bowed his head to me.
“As expected, Lord Verdin! Please forgive me for doubting your actions earlier.”
I held his hand with a kind expression and accepted his apology.
“It’s okay now that the misunderstanding has been resolved. “Then I will return to the Legion.”
“To the Legion? Are you going to stop looking for Joanna Arc’s whereabouts?”
“No, I’m not quitting, I’m just taking a pause. I already told you her ways to track her down. “Why not leave the rest to the monastery?”
Archbishop Judas added his words as if he approved of my story.
“you’re right. From now on, we will have to solve it ourselves. “We can’t leave everything that happened inside to outsiders.”
“I think so too. “Isn’t this a sensitive issue even within the Holy See?”
“That’s right, maybe if this fact gets out… . Nay, if it were known where she had been all this time, her heretic followers, who had been hidden all this time, would come to the surface.”
I guess so.
And if they rise up again with a rebellion led by Joanna Arc, Glazer will also join in and try to completely turn the tide on the continent.
Because wizards believe in a different god than these people.
“If you need our help, please contact us through Miss Cynthia. “We are climbing the tower together.”
“Yes, I’ve already heard about that.”
Archbishop Jude turned his gaze to see Miss Cynthia and smiled with gentle eyes.
“If a situation arises that we cannot resolve, we will contact Ms. Cynthia right away.”
* * *
The road leading out of Beopwangcheong.
“You said you came to find a new comrade?”
Cynthia grumbled and followed after me.
“I saved it.”
“what?”
“I saved it.”
“… when?”
She wouldn’t understand. The only things I’ve done since I got here have been leisurely eating and visiting the dungeons.
Other than that, I just slept in the dorm, what on earth did I do?
‘but.’
That was the core of this operation. It looks like I haven’t done anything to them.
If I have to do something, I choose and do only those things that will prove my actions where everyone can see.
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“today.”
“today?”
“okay.”
Cynthia tilted her head. She thought I was playing a trick on her and suddenly blushed and pointed.
“Don’t play around!”
“It’s no joke.”
“Then where is that colleague?”
“It’s outside the Papal Palace.”
“Outside the Pope’s Office?”
“We will see each other soon, so just wait a moment. “After all, you know it too.”
“Do you know someone?”
It’s impossible not to know.
The saint ‘Maria Theresa’ who will be with us in the future has a brilliant career on the same level as the saint ‘Joanna Arc’.
‘of course.’
Unlike Joanna, Theresa was not marked as a heretic who betrayed God, but was imprisoned for doing something that should not have been done as a nun.
‘what.’
From a religious point of view, it may have been a big sin, but being with me was something that could not even be considered a stain of jade.
“Not only do you know him, but he is someone you have encountered many times.”
“… “I wonder who it is.”
“We will see each other soon, so wait. “I’m sure you’ll like it too.”
“You like me? “There are not many people like that.”
“I’m one of those few people.”
Cynthia will probably turn a blind eye when she meets her. In the Holy Knights, he is something of a legend.
After completing my errand, I immediately found Strange’s carriage waiting outside the Pope’s Office.
They already knew that I would be leaving today and had made preparations for departure.
“Hey, Verdin.”
Rox rolled back the curtain of the carriage with a bright smile and beckoned to me.
“Did you succeed?”
“then! Could it be that I failed? Come in. Because I’m waiting for you.”
I walked straight into the carriage. There was a person there whose whole body was covered in white cloth.
“Are you the one who brought me out?”
Clear and clear voice.
Looking at the red lips visible through the white cloth and the dark white cloth covering her eyes, I was sure it was her.
“Yes, my name is Verdin de Strange. “I think you should know me as the youngest member of the Strange family, and as the knight who wants to travel with you in the future.”
She answered me as she lifted the white cloth covering her body.
“You’re going on a trip with me?”
Theresa was wearing a spotless white nun’s robe. Who could possibly think of this as someone who had been locked up in a dungeon just a moment ago?
I asked her as I got down on one knee in the carriage.
“That’s right.”
“… I am suffering the punishment of condemnation from God. “I am grateful that you took me out of the Pope’s Office, but I cannot leave here.”
“I understand that the full punishment for the crime has already been received. “Didn’t even the Pope ask you to come forward about that?”
“Well, how did you know that?”
How could you not know?
In a past life, the Pope told me through Cynthia to get her out of prison.
Perhaps outsiders will not understand this situation. Even though she is said to have received all her punishment, she refuses to leave prison and continues to be tortured.
At the time, even the Pope could not understand her will, but I learned it while climbing the tower with Theresa.
‘Did you say masochism?’
There was a word for people like her who had a unique taste for pain, but it was so unfamiliar that I couldn’t remember it clearly.
‘I don’t even want to remember.’
“It doesn’t matter how you knew. “What matters is whether or not Theresia can join us in the future.”
I gently sat down next to her and caressed the talisman hanging around her neck.
“We are now climbing the tower to check God’s will.”
“The tower?”
“Yes, I felt limited there and came here to borrow your power.”
“Lord Verdin, I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can help you with my abilities. “I don’t know if you know, but I never learned how to fight.”
I know.
“Theresia will never go into battle herself. “I just hope you can give us the ability to recover so we can fight properly.”
“Recovery ability?”
“That’s right. Would you like to check my body now?”
Theresia looked into my eyes and hesitated, then blushed and placed her palm on my chest.
Easy profit-
White light, like a tree trunk, flowed from her hand and enveloped my body.
“The energy… “You seem very weak.”
“Yes, I’ve already been resting for 15 days, but there’s no sign of improvement.”
“… … .”
“It will probably take a very long time to heal naturally.”
I continued, grabbing her wrist and moving it to my forehead.
“What I haven’t recovered now is not just my energy. “The mental shock I have recently received from outside cannot be ignored.”
Theresa swallowed, pulled her hand away, and lowered her head.
“I’m sorry, but I still don’t think I can leave here. “There is still a lot of work left to do as a saint.”
“Maria Theresa, I ask you for the first and last time. Please save us from the pain in the tower.”
“… Pain in the tower? Will I suffer if I climb the tower?”
“Yes, I want to escape the endless trials of the tower and the pain I experience there.”
“You couldn’t escape now?”
“You can’t escape. “There are still many trials left before we can reach the end.”
Theresia crept up next to me.
“So you’re saying that there is as much pain as the remaining trials?”
“That’s right.”
“If I follow you, will I also suffer that pain?”
“I’m sorry, but I think that’s going to happen.”
“… is it so?”
Theresa’s shy eyes sparkled.
Cynthia, who had been listening to our conversation outside the carriage, pulled back the curtain, jumped out, and shouted.
“T-Theresia?!”
“Cynthia!”
The two held hands, happy to see that they knew each other.
After that, the story was resolved very easily. After Cynthia told me about what she had experienced in the tower, Theresia immediately accepted my offer and agreed to accompany me.
‘It is perfect.’
In this way, we were able to find new colleagues without any problems and at the same time gain the opportunity to build trust with the current Papal Office.
‘and.’
Through this trip, there is one more benefit I can gain from the tower.
“Rocks.”
“huh.”
“Can you confirm the location of the bug attached to Judas?”
Rox rolled his eyes here and there and then answered with the corners of his mouth waving.
“Uh, we haven’t arrived at the tower yet.”
“Where is it?”
“hmm… Who are you talking to right now? “Why is that woman over there?”
“That woman?”
“… Verdin.”
“say.”
“That guy, Judas, is in the adventurer’s coffin with your mom right now?”
fantasy,
